Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
We have had a good day. Slept in till we just woke up on our own. :) Then we went over to Mom's about 11:30. Helped getting lunch ready. Everyone was there, so that was nice. Then we pretty much just relaxed and put up the tree the rest of the day. Zoe was so much fun with putting the ornaments on the tree. Everything was just so fabulous to her. She would see a pretty angel ornament and just gasp in amazement. Christmas is so much better with a little kid around. :) Then Mom brought out her two Nativity sets (one is Veggie Tales and one is Little People I think) and she kept going on about how they were for her and Bailey to play with and how she would share with Bailey.
We got home a little before 6, and have put up the tree, which has one section of lights not working... great... and just lounged around. I'm so disappointed I have to work tomorrow! But at least it's only one day and then the weekend.
Anthony put a dead bolt on our back door for me last night. I never understood why they didn't have one on the back door, but did have one on the front door. So being a wonderful husband, he installed it for me and now I feel much safer. :)
Well, it's going to be bedtime for me pretty soon, so I better start heading that way. I had some frozen coffee tonight and Bailey has been moving around like crazy! Hard to believe she will be here so soon! I think I will be in shock when I actually go into labor. :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Quickly
This will be a quick little update cause I'm tired. Mom & I went to Lynchburg today to go to Lily's 1st birthday party (Lily is my best friend from college, Amanda's little girl). It was a lot of fun and it's hard to believe she is a year old already. Most of their family was there so I got to see them which was nice. Amanda's sister Dawn gave me a TON of diapers, an entire fullsize trashbag full, plus more..... not kidding. Please do not buy us any size 1 diapers. I think we are all set for that stage. Hopefully it lasts long enough for us to actually use all the diapers! :) Thanks again Dawn!
Now I'm just working on some laundry and really considering going to bed as soon as I get the last load in the dryer, which should be in a few minutes. Oh and I took a bath this evening too, so that was nice.
Can not believe we only have 4 weeks (give or take) until Bailey gets here! I'm afraid I'm going to wake up and the whole thing be a dream! We are fast running out of weekends so we need to get on the ball with getting the room completely ready. It pretty much is I guess, there's just some clutter that needs to come out.
Okay, I'm off to wish the dryer to go faster and wish my husband to be done with homework!
Now I'm just working on some laundry and really considering going to bed as soon as I get the last load in the dryer, which should be in a few minutes. Oh and I took a bath this evening too, so that was nice.
Can not believe we only have 4 weeks (give or take) until Bailey gets here! I'm afraid I'm going to wake up and the whole thing be a dream! We are fast running out of weekends so we need to get on the ball with getting the room completely ready. It pretty much is I guess, there's just some clutter that needs to come out.
Okay, I'm off to wish the dryer to go faster and wish my husband to be done with homework!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
35 Week Checkup
I went today for my 35 week appointment. I actually did not gain any weight this past week, hooray! I'm not sure how I managed that seeing as I think I have eaten near the equivalent of an entire cake with the birthdays and baby shower this week!
Blood pressure was good. No protein in my urine sample. Heartbeat was good (and incredible as always) and I measured normal (didn't ask what it was).
Then this time Dr. Brooks took a sample for the Group B strep culture, which I will find out about next week. If I am positive, I'll just have to have antibiotics administered to me every 4 hours during labor, so I don't pass it to the baby. He also checked my cervix, which they should be doing at every appointment from now on. He said I am not dilated any yet, but the cervix has softened some, so that is good. He also said that if I were to go into labor at this point, they would not stop me. So it's definitely reassuring to make it to this point! :)
My next appointment is Wednesday and it's at 9:00 am, so that means I get to sleep in like an extra hour that day! Woohoo!
Blood pressure was good. No protein in my urine sample. Heartbeat was good (and incredible as always) and I measured normal (didn't ask what it was).
Then this time Dr. Brooks took a sample for the Group B strep culture, which I will find out about next week. If I am positive, I'll just have to have antibiotics administered to me every 4 hours during labor, so I don't pass it to the baby. He also checked my cervix, which they should be doing at every appointment from now on. He said I am not dilated any yet, but the cervix has softened some, so that is good. He also said that if I were to go into labor at this point, they would not stop me. So it's definitely reassuring to make it to this point! :)
My next appointment is Wednesday and it's at 9:00 am, so that means I get to sleep in like an extra hour that day! Woohoo!
Birthday Week!
Okay, catch up time again. Let's see. Sunday we celebrated Zoe's 4th birthday. I cannot believe she is 4 years old already! I remember the night she was born, it was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving break was getting ready to start at Liberty. Anthony and I went ahead and headed home and skipped a couple days so we could go meet little Zoe. I was almsot off the interstate, about 3 minutes from the hospital when Ashley calls me and says "She's here!". I say "Who's here?". Haha. And I asked her couldn't she hold her legs together just a few minutes longer so I could be there! But it was all good, because I got to be the first person outside of the birthing room who knew she was born! :) Anyways, she is growing into a beautiful, fabulous little girl who I love like crazy! I suppose here would be a good place to put a recent picture of her, but since I'm a slacker on the camera, I have none. :)
And a quick recap of the early part of the week. Monday night we had child birth class and Anthony skipped quiz bowl so he could go with me. We watched 3 birth videos and that was, umm, interesting, haha. I didn't leave being more scared or worried than I already am, so that was good. Definitely reinforced my decision to have drugs!
Tuesday after work they had a baby shower for me. I got some really cute clothes and some great stuff! I am really going to miss (most of) my co-workers when I leave.
Wednesday was my birthday! I am 25 now. After work Anthony and I went out to Massaki (Japanese steakhouse) with Mom and Zoe. I had a coupon for a free meal on your birthday, so we used that and Mom offered to pay, so that was really nice of her! It was delicious and we had a really good time. Zoe was so cute, saying "What's he doing now Ganny?" about the chef guy. And that child can eat mushrooms like there's no tomorrow! Weird little girl. :) Anyways, after dinner, we ran to K-Mart just to kill a few minutes. Then we went to infant CPR class. I'm glad we did that and I feel confident that I could do that now, so that is good. I got some nice gifts and had a great birthday.
And a quick recap of the early part of the week. Monday night we had child birth class and Anthony skipped quiz bowl so he could go with me. We watched 3 birth videos and that was, umm, interesting, haha. I didn't leave being more scared or worried than I already am, so that was good. Definitely reinforced my decision to have drugs!
Tuesday after work they had a baby shower for me. I got some really cute clothes and some great stuff! I am really going to miss (most of) my co-workers when I leave.
Wednesday was my birthday! I am 25 now. After work Anthony and I went out to Massaki (Japanese steakhouse) with Mom and Zoe. I had a coupon for a free meal on your birthday, so we used that and Mom offered to pay, so that was really nice of her! It was delicious and we had a really good time. Zoe was so cute, saying "What's he doing now Ganny?" about the chef guy. And that child can eat mushrooms like there's no tomorrow! Weird little girl. :) Anyways, after dinner, we ran to K-Mart just to kill a few minutes. Then we went to infant CPR class. I'm glad we did that and I feel confident that I could do that now, so that is good. I got some nice gifts and had a great birthday.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
34 Week Checkup
Went to the doctor's on Thursday for my 34 week appointment. I saw Dr. Bendfeldt who I definitely like, and is easy on the eyes as well. :) They didn't mention anything about protein in my urine like last time, so I assume that went away which is good. I have gained 18 pounds now... ugh. But I'm hoping it's not really that much, maybe more like 16, because my appointment two weeks ago was first thing in the morning, and this one was the last appointment of the day, and I always weigh more in the afternoon than I do in the morning, so I guess I should really be weighed at the same time of day for my weight check to be accurate. Oh well. 18 pounds is still not that bad. I have every intention of exercising on a regular basis again once I am staying home, so I will make up for it then!
Blood pressure was good, 120 over something I can't remember, haha. But she said is was great. Baby's heartbeat was in the 140 to 150's range, and my uterus measured at 35 cm.
This week (on Thursday) I will go for my next appointment, at which they will do a swab for Group B Strep and if I have that I will have to take antibiotics once I am in labor so the baby does not get it. It's something normal that pretty much everyone is exposed to and usually has at some point or the other, but we don't even notice it since our bodies have immunities, but babies would not be immune to that, so it's just a precaution they take. And starting at this appointment they will be checking my cervix every time now. Can't wait for that. (Please note the sarcasm). :)
I can't believe it's only 5 weeks, 35 days till my due date now. I'm still having Braxton Hicks and last night they were actually more intense than they have been, so I guess that is a good sign. I need to take another belly picture and get it up here, but everytime I remember, I am wearing bum-type clothes! Hopefully I will remember this week.
Now, I'm off to do some relaxing!
Blood pressure was good, 120 over something I can't remember, haha. But she said is was great. Baby's heartbeat was in the 140 to 150's range, and my uterus measured at 35 cm.
This week (on Thursday) I will go for my next appointment, at which they will do a swab for Group B Strep and if I have that I will have to take antibiotics once I am in labor so the baby does not get it. It's something normal that pretty much everyone is exposed to and usually has at some point or the other, but we don't even notice it since our bodies have immunities, but babies would not be immune to that, so it's just a precaution they take. And starting at this appointment they will be checking my cervix every time now. Can't wait for that. (Please note the sarcasm). :)
I can't believe it's only 5 weeks, 35 days till my due date now. I'm still having Braxton Hicks and last night they were actually more intense than they have been, so I guess that is a good sign. I need to take another belly picture and get it up here, but everytime I remember, I am wearing bum-type clothes! Hopefully I will remember this week.
Now, I'm off to do some relaxing!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Game Night, Baby Shower, Child Birth Class
Where to start! Well, I last blogged on Saturday. We ended up going to Jeremy & Summer's house for game night with the youth group. It was a lot of fun. And there was lots of good food. :) And let me tell you, I can still play a mean game of spoons, even during my eighth month of pregnancy! We also played Apples to Apples which I love. We don't get to play games much anymore these days, so it was a great time. Hopefully, after Tyson's chemo is done, Jeremy & Summer will be able to do more of that type of thing. And remember Tyson in your prayers - he starts his final round of chemo this weekend!
Sunday was church of course, and to Mom's for lunch. I had a great afternoon with Zoe. After lunch we cuddled up on the couch and watched Milo & Otis. Well, she watched, I slept for most of it! But I love those rare moments when she wants to cuddle with me since they are far and few between these days. After the movie/nap, we colored and cut out things to hang on her door. I am not a good artist. She asked me to make water so she could put some fish on it, and she said "that's not water, that's toes!". Haha! So I redid it a little differently and that was acceptable according to her standards. :) I can't believe she will be 4 in less than a week!
Oh and a funny story about her. Ashley told me that when she told Zoe they were going to go to a baby shower for Tara and Bailey, Zoe told her that babies don't take showers, they take baths, and she was thinking they might should get a baby bathtub for us! Haha. I love that kid!
Sunday night after church was my baby shower! Well, before I get that far, I should add that while we are sitting in church Sunday evening, someone comes and sits behind us. I glance behind me to see who it is, and it's Anthony's parents!!! They had talked about coming up for the weekend so they could come to the shower, but it just wasn't going to work out since the shower was a Sunday evening. Well, they decided last minute that they wanted to make the trip, and they did, just for the shower and then turned around and drove home since they had to work the next morning! I was shocked but so thankful to have Anthony's mom there for the shower. Thanks for coming! :)
So on to the shower... it was great! Most of you know my good friend Laura Williams. Her mom was in charge of the shower and she did an excellent job (with the help of her amazing daughters and Chris Moran of course!). I got so much great stuff. I had told Lois (Laura's mom) that we didn't need any clothes since we have all Zoe's clothes. So she put that on the flyer she made and that definitely made a difference! I did get a few clothes, and not saying at all that I don't love those, but it was really great because we really got things we NEEDED. There was hardly anything we didn't need.
And a side note to the shower..... let me just say, if you are going to regift, you should at least get rid of the evidence of such. I have nothing against regifting, I do it myself. I'm all about regifting really, as long as it is practical for the person you are giving it to. But you should cover your tracks so the person receiving the gift, does not know you regifted. :) I will protect the innocent by not naming the person nor the gift. The person doesn't even read my blog, I am pretty certain. But I got a good laugh out of it on Sunday night when I was showing my gifts to Anthony.
I had childbirth class last night and Mom went with me. It was mostly about the stages of labor, pain relief methods, and relaxation techniques. Interesing stuff. It was probably good Anthony couldn't go, because he would have been laughing half the time. :)
And now, I am home alone for now, since Anthony has parent conferences till 7:00. I need to get on my mission of figuring out what to have for dinner. And since he is not home yet, I am attempting to make myself some frozen coffee. He always makes it for me. Hopefully I don't have Bailey bouncing too much tonight. :) Maybe you could come make it for me, Amanda? She was my coffee maker (and the one who introduced me) before my old lady married days. Well, I better get busy.
And thank you to all those who have served our country or have family who have sacrificed for the greater good... you are appreciated!
Sunday was church of course, and to Mom's for lunch. I had a great afternoon with Zoe. After lunch we cuddled up on the couch and watched Milo & Otis. Well, she watched, I slept for most of it! But I love those rare moments when she wants to cuddle with me since they are far and few between these days. After the movie/nap, we colored and cut out things to hang on her door. I am not a good artist. She asked me to make water so she could put some fish on it, and she said "that's not water, that's toes!". Haha! So I redid it a little differently and that was acceptable according to her standards. :) I can't believe she will be 4 in less than a week!
Oh and a funny story about her. Ashley told me that when she told Zoe they were going to go to a baby shower for Tara and Bailey, Zoe told her that babies don't take showers, they take baths, and she was thinking they might should get a baby bathtub for us! Haha. I love that kid!
Sunday night after church was my baby shower! Well, before I get that far, I should add that while we are sitting in church Sunday evening, someone comes and sits behind us. I glance behind me to see who it is, and it's Anthony's parents!!! They had talked about coming up for the weekend so they could come to the shower, but it just wasn't going to work out since the shower was a Sunday evening. Well, they decided last minute that they wanted to make the trip, and they did, just for the shower and then turned around and drove home since they had to work the next morning! I was shocked but so thankful to have Anthony's mom there for the shower. Thanks for coming! :)
So on to the shower... it was great! Most of you know my good friend Laura Williams. Her mom was in charge of the shower and she did an excellent job (with the help of her amazing daughters and Chris Moran of course!). I got so much great stuff. I had told Lois (Laura's mom) that we didn't need any clothes since we have all Zoe's clothes. So she put that on the flyer she made and that definitely made a difference! I did get a few clothes, and not saying at all that I don't love those, but it was really great because we really got things we NEEDED. There was hardly anything we didn't need.
And a side note to the shower..... let me just say, if you are going to regift, you should at least get rid of the evidence of such. I have nothing against regifting, I do it myself. I'm all about regifting really, as long as it is practical for the person you are giving it to. But you should cover your tracks so the person receiving the gift, does not know you regifted. :) I will protect the innocent by not naming the person nor the gift. The person doesn't even read my blog, I am pretty certain. But I got a good laugh out of it on Sunday night when I was showing my gifts to Anthony.
I had childbirth class last night and Mom went with me. It was mostly about the stages of labor, pain relief methods, and relaxation techniques. Interesing stuff. It was probably good Anthony couldn't go, because he would have been laughing half the time. :)
And now, I am home alone for now, since Anthony has parent conferences till 7:00. I need to get on my mission of figuring out what to have for dinner. And since he is not home yet, I am attempting to make myself some frozen coffee. He always makes it for me. Hopefully I don't have Bailey bouncing too much tonight. :) Maybe you could come make it for me, Amanda? She was my coffee maker (and the one who introduced me) before my old lady married days. Well, I better get busy.
And thank you to all those who have served our country or have family who have sacrificed for the greater good... you are appreciated!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Update for the Week
I know I need to post, but life has been pretty calm lately. Thank goodness it is the weekend though. I just felt bombarded at work this week. And with somewhere around only 6 weeks left, that leaves me feeling a little overwhelmed with trying to wrap up anything that I need to get done and train someone else to do my job, which consists of about a million different things that I hope I can remember.
Wednesday night was church. Thursday night we had "Baby Basics" class and Anthony got to come with me to this one! It was just basic stuff on how to care for your baby. Of course they had the baby doll and you get to pretend to bathe it and all that good stuff. When Anthony finally did hold the doll he played with it by turning the head all the way around so it was backwards! I am always entertained when I am with my husband. Let's hope he does not try that with the real thing. :) We had a good time and it was just nice to spend that time together. When we got home we watched Survivor that I had taped and then went to sleep.
Last night we went to Shoney's for dinner. We had never eaten there for dinner before, and probably won't again. It wasn't bad, but the buffet was actually a seafood buffet (on Friday evenings) so we had to pay like $12 something a person to eat and I don't even like seafood that much! But oh well, we tried something new, so that was good. Then we rented a movie and did our grocery shopping at Walmart. Walmart is much more tolerable on a Friday night than on a Saturday. When we got home we watched our movie, "Get Smart" which was hillarious, I highly recommend it if you have not seen it. And, we got it free as well, because if you don't rent a movie for a while at our movie store, they will call you and tell you that you have a free rental for like a week. And we haven't rented for a while, so the guy called me on Thursday to tell us we could have a free rental! Okay, so I guess I should say Anthony watched the movie when we got home. I made it through about 20 minutes or so, and then I was down for the count. So when I woke up this morning, I finished watching the movie in bed.
I've got my bathrooms clean and I need to vacuum but Anthony is watching one of his classes, so I can't do that right now. I suppose I need to do some general picking up of things lying around. Not sure what we are doing tonight yet.
And as far as pregnancy updates, I will be 34 weeks tomorrow, only 6 more left! I have had a few more Braxton Hicks but nothing major. Things continue to become more difficult but I still enjoy being pregnant. :)
Wednesday night was church. Thursday night we had "Baby Basics" class and Anthony got to come with me to this one! It was just basic stuff on how to care for your baby. Of course they had the baby doll and you get to pretend to bathe it and all that good stuff. When Anthony finally did hold the doll he played with it by turning the head all the way around so it was backwards! I am always entertained when I am with my husband. Let's hope he does not try that with the real thing. :) We had a good time and it was just nice to spend that time together. When we got home we watched Survivor that I had taped and then went to sleep.
Last night we went to Shoney's for dinner. We had never eaten there for dinner before, and probably won't again. It wasn't bad, but the buffet was actually a seafood buffet (on Friday evenings) so we had to pay like $12 something a person to eat and I don't even like seafood that much! But oh well, we tried something new, so that was good. Then we rented a movie and did our grocery shopping at Walmart. Walmart is much more tolerable on a Friday night than on a Saturday. When we got home we watched our movie, "Get Smart" which was hillarious, I highly recommend it if you have not seen it. And, we got it free as well, because if you don't rent a movie for a while at our movie store, they will call you and tell you that you have a free rental for like a week. And we haven't rented for a while, so the guy called me on Thursday to tell us we could have a free rental! Okay, so I guess I should say Anthony watched the movie when we got home. I made it through about 20 minutes or so, and then I was down for the count. So when I woke up this morning, I finished watching the movie in bed.
I've got my bathrooms clean and I need to vacuum but Anthony is watching one of his classes, so I can't do that right now. I suppose I need to do some general picking up of things lying around. Not sure what we are doing tonight yet.
And as far as pregnancy updates, I will be 34 weeks tomorrow, only 6 more left! I have had a few more Braxton Hicks but nothing major. Things continue to become more difficult but I still enjoy being pregnant. :)
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Dented Bumper Pics
Here are the pics of the bumper dent. See the dent on the first one, and maybe you can imagine my disbelief when I walked outside Saturday morning and there is no dent! Craziness! That lady got really lucky, that's all I have to say.
Now, here we sit, watching the lovely election results. Too bad House is not on tonight. I think Obama will win. I hope I am wrong, but all the signs point to Obama. It does concern me to some degree. I hate to think about the socialist direction in which he wants to take our nation, but I am also aware that God is more powerful than any political leader. I did my job by voting, and that is all I can do.
Now, away from politics, I made some yummy Taco Soup for dinner and we both enjoyed that. Last night I had my first child birth class. Anthony couldn't go, because he had a quiz bowl meet in Rockbridge, so Ashley went with me instead. It was pretty good. There wasn't a whole lot that was new to me in this class, but it was still good. I definitely think I will feel more comfortable and informed when I go to the hospital to deliver the baby because of this class. It was just some general information last night on the stages of labor, relaxation, etc. We go again on Thursday for the "Baby Basics" class. This should be fun, since Anthony has never changed a diaper before! :)
Well, back to my frozen coffee and the election.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Crazy Old Lady Who Should Not Possess a Driver's License!
So yesterday afternoon I am at work, and one of the ladies comes and tells me I better come look at my jeep. Stomach sinking feeling.....
See, at work, we don't have a "real" parking lot per say. On the left side of our building is the dry dock where trucks back up to unload products. Well, one of the places we have to park is parallel with that side of the building, so that when the trucks back up, they are backing up between our "car line" and the building. I hate having to park there but a lot of days I have to because most people get there before me. So I am always afraid of a semi truck scraping up my side or something like that.
Anyways, Malisa and I head quickly out to our cars (she was parked in front of me), and I am imagining the worst. So we get out there to find, not a semi-truck & driver, but an old lady and a boat of a car that has side-swiped my bumper and is literally about 2 inches away from hitting the back of Malisa's car. I wish I had the pictures right now, because I can't even begin to describe how it looked. (Pictures are at work, I'll post them next week.) I cannot for the life of me figure out what this old crazy woman was trying to do and how she got herself in this predicament. Finally after some talking to her we discover, she had come to pick up something for her church (probably more likely for herself, just using her church's account) and had driven up to the dock, got her tea, backed down a little ways and then decided instead of backing all the way down, she was going to try and cut through Malisa and my cars and go out the alley on the other side of our cars. Now, there was not enough room for a small car to fit through our cars, especially not this old lady's huge, ancient boat of a car. I think this would be a good instance of an elderly person who has no business driving. Her judgement obviously is not good enough for her to be out on the road. And if you're not convinced, she said she didn't even realize that she had hit me!
It was probably a good 10 minutes into the incident/discussion, before she even got out of her car enough to turn around to see where she had put a nice dent in my bumper and an even better dent into her own side (got what she deserves!). So I ask for her insurance information... she can't find her insurance card. Great. So I ask to see her driver's license so I can just jot down her information. She doesn't hand me the card but tells me the information, so I write it down, hoping she is not lying. But she's really old and spit it right out, so I thought I was safe (I was safe, by the way, about her name, address, and phone number at least.... she said she had State Farm insurance, so I am assuming that is correct as well).
And then, we are not about to let her try to get herself out of this predicament, so after we got plenty of pictures, I move my Jeep and Malisa moves her car. We have everything we need from the lady, so she proceeds to back her car down the rest of the way. Let's just say, I'm glad I moved my Jeep a good 20 feet away from her. She nearly hit the building trying to back out. This lady really should not be driving. Malisa also noticed that on the other side of her car, on her bumper, you can see where it's all dented up and there is red paint on it, so this is obviously not the first time she has hit something/someone.
Now, you can be proud of me, I didn't cry during any of this. (Don't worry though, I did bawl when I got home and told Anthony, apologizing over and over, even though it's not my fault.) Not saying I didn't want to or that my eyes didn't get a little watery, but I held it together, it's just a bumper after all. And of course I was thankful that I wasn't in the car or it wasn't something worse than what it was. After I worked a little more and composed myself I even called the insurance company to report it. Life is so much simpler when you have parents to take care of these things for you. :) So Sarah at State Farm (who I love by the way) got all the information and told me someone would call me about it (and I plan on telling them that this woman should not be driving) and I should go ahead and take it to the shop on Monday morning. Okay, good plan.
Fast forward to today, just a little while ago. I am gathering up the trash so we can take it to the dump, and I go out to the Jeep, and go to take a look at the dent..... and there is no dent. Did I dream this whole story? Did crazy old lady not really hit me? No, you can definitely see where it was dented, but apparently it "undented" itself. You know, plastic bumpers. Maybe plastic bumpers aren't so bad after all. They fix themselves. But I'm thinking I should still go ahead and take it to the shop Monday morning just so they can make sure there wasn't any damage underneath the bumper (is there even anything under there?) or anything that I am not seeing. I wouldn't want something to come up a while from now and this be the cause of it but then it be too late, you know? Any thoughts on this? Would you go ahead and take it in just to cover yourself? It seems like the right thing to me, since I did file the claim, just so I follow through all the way.
So I guess this is a blessing, my bumper fixing itself, but I really wanted them to sock it to that old lady! Maybe they will still evaluate her or something. Way to be Christ-like, Tara. :( But honestly, I'm sure she'll be hitting someone else and hopefully it doesn't take someone getting hurt for something to be done about this.
So that's my crazy story for the week. I think I can do without that kind of drama in my life. Now that I have procrastinated enough, I should go do something productive, like wash clothes, clean the bathroom, etc, etc. Although I think we'll be headed out here soon to have lunch at El Puerto and do our grocery shopping! Yay!
See, at work, we don't have a "real" parking lot per say. On the left side of our building is the dry dock where trucks back up to unload products. Well, one of the places we have to park is parallel with that side of the building, so that when the trucks back up, they are backing up between our "car line" and the building. I hate having to park there but a lot of days I have to because most people get there before me. So I am always afraid of a semi truck scraping up my side or something like that.
Anyways, Malisa and I head quickly out to our cars (she was parked in front of me), and I am imagining the worst. So we get out there to find, not a semi-truck & driver, but an old lady and a boat of a car that has side-swiped my bumper and is literally about 2 inches away from hitting the back of Malisa's car. I wish I had the pictures right now, because I can't even begin to describe how it looked. (Pictures are at work, I'll post them next week.) I cannot for the life of me figure out what this old crazy woman was trying to do and how she got herself in this predicament. Finally after some talking to her we discover, she had come to pick up something for her church (probably more likely for herself, just using her church's account) and had driven up to the dock, got her tea, backed down a little ways and then decided instead of backing all the way down, she was going to try and cut through Malisa and my cars and go out the alley on the other side of our cars. Now, there was not enough room for a small car to fit through our cars, especially not this old lady's huge, ancient boat of a car. I think this would be a good instance of an elderly person who has no business driving. Her judgement obviously is not good enough for her to be out on the road. And if you're not convinced, she said she didn't even realize that she had hit me!
It was probably a good 10 minutes into the incident/discussion, before she even got out of her car enough to turn around to see where she had put a nice dent in my bumper and an even better dent into her own side (got what she deserves!). So I ask for her insurance information... she can't find her insurance card. Great. So I ask to see her driver's license so I can just jot down her information. She doesn't hand me the card but tells me the information, so I write it down, hoping she is not lying. But she's really old and spit it right out, so I thought I was safe (I was safe, by the way, about her name, address, and phone number at least.... she said she had State Farm insurance, so I am assuming that is correct as well).
And then, we are not about to let her try to get herself out of this predicament, so after we got plenty of pictures, I move my Jeep and Malisa moves her car. We have everything we need from the lady, so she proceeds to back her car down the rest of the way. Let's just say, I'm glad I moved my Jeep a good 20 feet away from her. She nearly hit the building trying to back out. This lady really should not be driving. Malisa also noticed that on the other side of her car, on her bumper, you can see where it's all dented up and there is red paint on it, so this is obviously not the first time she has hit something/someone.
Now, you can be proud of me, I didn't cry during any of this. (Don't worry though, I did bawl when I got home and told Anthony, apologizing over and over, even though it's not my fault.) Not saying I didn't want to or that my eyes didn't get a little watery, but I held it together, it's just a bumper after all. And of course I was thankful that I wasn't in the car or it wasn't something worse than what it was. After I worked a little more and composed myself I even called the insurance company to report it. Life is so much simpler when you have parents to take care of these things for you. :) So Sarah at State Farm (who I love by the way) got all the information and told me someone would call me about it (and I plan on telling them that this woman should not be driving) and I should go ahead and take it to the shop on Monday morning. Okay, good plan.
Fast forward to today, just a little while ago. I am gathering up the trash so we can take it to the dump, and I go out to the Jeep, and go to take a look at the dent..... and there is no dent. Did I dream this whole story? Did crazy old lady not really hit me? No, you can definitely see where it was dented, but apparently it "undented" itself. You know, plastic bumpers. Maybe plastic bumpers aren't so bad after all. They fix themselves. But I'm thinking I should still go ahead and take it to the shop Monday morning just so they can make sure there wasn't any damage underneath the bumper (is there even anything under there?) or anything that I am not seeing. I wouldn't want something to come up a while from now and this be the cause of it but then it be too late, you know? Any thoughts on this? Would you go ahead and take it in just to cover yourself? It seems like the right thing to me, since I did file the claim, just so I follow through all the way.
So I guess this is a blessing, my bumper fixing itself, but I really wanted them to sock it to that old lady! Maybe they will still evaluate her or something. Way to be Christ-like, Tara. :( But honestly, I'm sure she'll be hitting someone else and hopefully it doesn't take someone getting hurt for something to be done about this.
So that's my crazy story for the week. I think I can do without that kind of drama in my life. Now that I have procrastinated enough, I should go do something productive, like wash clothes, clean the bathroom, etc, etc. Although I think we'll be headed out here soon to have lunch at El Puerto and do our grocery shopping! Yay!
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